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“I wash dishes, scrub the floor, carry the water, sweep the floor. I don’t feel good because I am always working. I never have fun and I don’t like to play. I loves school, but I can’t go, I am very unlucky. I eat once a day, at noon, but the food is not enough for me.” Marie-Ange Joanise
“I have never been to school because my parents couldn’t afford it. Sometimes I spend two sometimes three days without eating solid food. I am a person who likes to share. I am helpful. I love my neighbors. I am honest, and affectionate.” Irene Louis
Dapheca is 7 years old. She was born Port au Prince, and lives in one of its poorest slums. She stopped going to school in 2006. “In a week, we are eating two days, because only my mother is doing something, and that is not enough. The good meal we have is every Sunday….And after Sunday we can have three days without eating.”
“It happens very often that we go a day without eating solid food. I would like to anybody interested in helping me to know that I would like him or her to become a friend for me. I would like him or her help me out of this poverty.” Claudette Mathieu
“Sometime when I am too tired and can’t do anything, she hits me all over my body with wood or cable, anything she finds. I am always sick, as you can see my throat came big like a balloon. I have never been going to see a doctor for that. I like to smile, play soccer with an empty bottle in the street.” Jocenel Lubain
“Sometimes I am going to bed without having anything all day. The people get sick here because they are staying close to the dirty canal. I would like to become a secretary or computer scientist. My talent is singing.” Bethchedade Henry
Sophia is twelve years old, and has not gone to school for one year. There is no medical help when she and her family are sick. Her father has disappeared, and her mother is sick and can’t work. The family of five people stays in one tiny, shabby room. Sponsorship level: $12 per month.
“Health is always a problem. I feel anemia and stomachache. We sleep on the ground. When it is raining I cannot sleep because the ground is wet. The first thing in my life is to go back to school. I would like to become a lawyer.” Nacilia Breuce
“My father is in prison. Now, only my grand mother takes care of us. If we don’t have anything to eat, and our neighbors don’t have either, and we spend the day with no food. The most important thing for me is school. I would really love to go to school.” Jules Loudia
“The house I am staying belongs to my aunt. I call her aunt according to the custom of my country but she is not my aunt. I always have fever, stomachache. My aunt, the lady, buys me some tablets. I want a good life with love, respect, appreciation.” Rivaldo Camille
